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WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 22nd, 2026 Results & Recap: Gunther Leaves Cody Rhodes Lying, Jade Cargill Drops Rhea Ripley & TrickMeloGang Rivalry Starts Heating Up

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Last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown had enough story progression to matter, but it also exposed the exact problem fans have been pointing out with WWE’s current three-hour TV rhythm: too much time, too many recaps, too many talking segments, and not enough urgency to get talent in the ring. This was the go-home SmackDown … Read more

WWE Backlash May 9th, 2026 Results & Recap: Roman Reigns Survives Jacob Fatu, John Cena Announces The John Cena Classic

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WWE Backlash came to Tampa as the first Premium Live Event after WrestleMania 42, and the show had a clear mission: keep the post-WrestleMania momentum alive while setting the table for the next stretch of WWE stories. On paper, this was not an overloaded card, but that actually helped the show breathe. Bron Breakker got … Read more

WWE Backlash May 9th, 2026 Preview: Roman Reigns And Jacob Fatu Collide, IYO SKY Battles Asuka, And John Cena’s Major Announcement Looms

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WWE Backlash arrives tonight from Tampa with a card that feels smaller on paper but heavier in consequence. This is not a bloated PLE built around throwing everybody onto the show just to say they made the lineup. It is a tighter five-match card with two championships on the line, a major John Cena announcement … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 1st, 2026 Results & Recap: Gunther Chokes Out Cody Rhodes, Jacob Fatu Wrecks MFT & Fatal Influence Puts The Women’s Division On Notice

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Last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown was a busy, important and uneven stop on the road to Backlash — the kind of episode where WWE moved a lot of pieces forward, but also exposed some of the same creative habits that keep holding the product back. Cody Rhodes returned to the ring, Ricky Saints made … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown After Mania April 24th, 2026 Results & Recap: Fatal Influence Arrives, Tiffany Stratton Wins Gold, Jacob Fatu Destroys MFT

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The SmackDown After Mania should have felt like a reset. Instead, it felt like a company trying to convince itself it had momentum while terrible WWE release news hung over the entire night. As mentioned in my LNC Wrestling article on the WWE releases, that news broke right before SmackDown went on the air last … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown April 10th, 2026 Results & Recap: Jade Cargill Beats IYO SKY, Pat McAfee and Randy Orton Leave Cody Rhodes Laid Out

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SmackDown last night was supposed to feel like the blue brand’s hard final push before WrestleMania 42, the penultimate stop before next Saturday and Sunday in Las Vegas. Instead, it was a show that constantly felt like it was fighting its own momentum. There was good wrestling on the episode. Bayley and Alexa Bliss put … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown April 3rd, 2026 Results & Recap: Pat McAfee Revealed as Randy Orton’s Mystery Caller, Sami Zayn Retains Over Carmelo Hayes

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Two weeks before WrestleMania 42, last night’s SmackDown should have been about tightening the blue brand’s biggest stories, raising the stakes, and making the road to WrestleMania feel urgent. Instead, it often felt like a show working against itself. The headline angle gave Randy Orton’s mystery caller reveal to Pat McAfee, who low-blowed Cody Rhodes … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown March 27th, 2026 Results & Recap: Sami Zayn wins the U.S. Title, Cody Rhodes returns as WrestleMania chaos deepens

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Last night’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown was the kind of show that gave WWE plenty of headline moments while also leaving behind a lot of frustration once everything settled. On paper, the blue brand had a lot going for it. Sami Zayn won the United States Championship. Cody Rhodes returned. Jacob Fatu and … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown March 13, 2026 Results & Recap: The Viper Strikes as Randy Orton Bloodies Cody Rhodes

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Last night’s SmackDown was a show that spent most of its two hours flirting with frustration before finally finding its bite. For long stretches, this was a serviceable WrestleMania build built on shaky character logic, rushed contender decisions, and storylines that too often feel like they are moving in circles instead of building with purpose. … Read more

WWE Monday Night RAW March 9th, 2026 Results & Recap: The Judgment Day Betrays Finn Bálor as CM Punk Sparks Family War

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With WrestleMania 42 now just 39 days away, WWE had a clear mission on Monday Night RAW last night in Seattle: stop circling its biggest stories and finally push a few of them forward with conviction. In that sense, this was a consequential episode. Bayley earned a Women’s Intercontinental Championship opportunity against AJ Lee, Penta … Read more